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Tamilnadu Model Part 1

I'm not sure where I heard/read this terminology: Tamilnadu model, I guess somewhere in The Hindu way back in 2012/13. Not sure, but I still can't find any other suitable word for this article. Why is the Tamilnadu model/ Dravidian Model very successful? Because TN followed the AAA model in implementation of all welfare schemes, actually the State is built on the basis of this AAA Model.  A-- Availability A- Accessibility A- Affordability  Yes, this is evident in all schemes. Let's take one basic scheme and see how it has been built and developed on the same model. Let's take Education. In early 1950s, the then Chief Minister of Madras Presidency introduced the Modified Scheme of Elementary Education also known as Kula Kalvi Thittam which encouraged students to carry out the occupation of their family as a part of their vocational training. However, Rajaji has closed nearly 6000 schools since it attracted opposition from Dravidian party leaders and even from his o...
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Why Hinduism should be targeted?

It's funny and a pity. The question is why Hinduism should be targeted? I was born as a Hindu. And I think I’m putting up with this for the 100th time. And I’ll write it 10000 times until everyone understands the ills of the supposed religion Hinduism or 'a way of living', as we like to call it! It's very essential to discuss caste in this discourse. Because, the whole point of the Dravidian movement was to unveil the mask of Hindu religion, which constructively fortified the caste system from the clutches of change, by the names of spirituality, socio-political conduct of Hindu society. Historically, it is not Hinduism, but Brahminism. This has to reiterated again. BRAHMINISM. It’s entry into India dates back to 1500 B.C. when the much debated race of Aryans entered India. Who are Aryans? Aryans are nomadic people of Central Asia from around the Steppes Grassland. Their primary occupation and source of livelihood is Pasturalization. This group from the Steppes, ...

The Whistle Blowers

I was on a bus from my place to Besant Nagar. At Ashok Pillar stop, people boarded the bus. There was Naik, an old friend of mine. He came and sat near my seat. It was a long time since we both met. The bus got stopped by a huge traffic because of a road block. Ahead were school students protesting against NEET and seeking justice for Anitha. He asked me curiously why TN is always in protest mode. Why TN people are so emotional, negative, narrow-minded and stereotyped? And why TN doesn’t join the mainstream India? If the whole nation travels in a direction why TN travels in the opposite direction? TN is always a spoiler in India, he was angry. As my stop came, I smiled at him and said “we’re not spoilers but whistle-blowers”, and got down. Later that night, I thought of his question and I wanted a justification on my statement “we’re not spoilers but whistleblowers”, if that is true? What I can accept is Tamil Nadu has never followed the stream. When the nation travels in one dir...

Indira the Positive Leader

Whenever people hear the name “Indira Gandhi”, the first thing they remember is “Emergency” which is widely seen as a negative aspect of Indira. Operation Blue Star and the other big negative policies like “Nasbandi” (forced mass sterilization programme) are extensively in the memories of people even until this day. However, this article here, is a completely different effort. We will be focusing for its inevitability, the positive sides of Indira Gandhi’s rule, which are largely shadowed. Indira the Positive Leader Indira Gandhi, is the most powerful Prime Minister that India has ever seen in all its years of political independence. Also the most powerful women leader in the world that has ever been. Her presence was substantially felt and her leadership was noticeable globally by her political contemporaries both local and international. During the 1971 Parliamentary General Elections, she came up with a powerful slogan of “Garibi hatao, Desh bachao”, which is translate...

குளிர் - விக்னேஷ் செல்லப்பன்

அப்போதுதான் விடியத்துவங்கி இருந்தது . காலை சுமார் ஐந்தரை மணி இருக்கும் . பெரம்பூர் பூங்காவில் வழக்கமாக நடைப்பயிற்சிக்கு வரும் மக்கள் வரத்துவங்கி இருந்தார்கள் . பூங்கா வாயிலில் அருகம் புல் ஜூஸ் , கீரை , கேரட்வியாபாரிகளும் , வெயிட்மெஷின் வைத்துக்கொண்டு பி.எம்.ஐ கண்டுபிடிக்கிற   கூட்டமும்  கூடியது. யோகா கூட்டம் , ஆன்மிக கூட்டம் , ரியல்எஸ்டேட் புரோக்கர்கள் என பூங்காவின் வழக்கமான அத்தனை மக்களும் படிப்படியாக வந்து பூங்காவை நிரப்பிக் கொண்டிருந்தார்கள். சாமுவேல் ஆகிவிட்ட கந்தசாமி வழக்கமாக அந்த நேரத்துக்குதான் அங்கு வருவார் . கந்தசாமி ரயில்வேயில் ஜி.எம்-யிடம் டிரைவர் ஆக வேலை பார்த்து ஓய்வு பெற்றார். 70 களில் சென்னை மாநகரில் பிரபல பாக்ஸராக இருந்தவர். சுகர் வந்த பிறகு பாக்ஸருக்கான எந்த சுவடும் இல்லை. சுகர்  இருப்பதால் தினமும் வாக்கிங் போவதை அவசியமாக்கிக் கொண்டார். மெலிந்த  தேகம் , கசங்கிய சட்டை , ரப்பர் செருப்பு என எளிமையாகவே  இருப்பார் . முன் வழுக்கை இருந்தாலும் பின்னாடி தியாகராஜ பாகவதர் மாதிரி ஒரு ஹேர்  ஸ்டைல் வெச்சிருப்பார். கிட்டதட்ட ரஜினி இமயமலைக்குப் போகும...